Posted on March 20, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Argo Medical Technologies, a Technion incubator company founded in 2006, has designed an innovative alternative to wheelchairs that may restore walking ability. According to the company’s press release, the reWalk exoskeleton is a “light, wearable brace support suit featuring DC motors at the joints, rechargeable batteries, an array of sensors, and a computer-based control [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, Medical Devices | Tagged: technion, argo medical, rewalk, exoskeleton, solidworks, taga | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Undergraduate students from the Technion Institute of Technology have invented a novel, non-invasive device “to detect respiratory problems at an early stage in premature babies, children and adults in intensive care units (ICU)”, according to the Jerusalem Post. The students created the device as part of an undergraduate project suggested by Professor Amir Landesberg [...]
Filed under: Biotech, Healthcare, Medical Devices | Tagged: technion, respiratory problems, premature babies, lungs, ventilation, pneumedicare, brain damage, hospital | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 20, 2008 by Dani Dechter
The Technion’s 2008 BizTEC competition is well under way. The annual event, which is held in partnership with The Marker, draws teams from all of Israel’s major universities and rewards big prizes based on best business plan submissions for the hottest and most lucrative startup ideas.
Ten $1000 “teaser” awards were doled out last month for [...]
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